muscle

UK/ˈmʌs.əl/US/ˈmʌs.əl/

nounB1Very common — you will meet it every day · #2,009 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: muscles

A muscle is one of the parts of your body that get stronger in the gym. Build muscle.

It only pulls and never pushes, which is why they come in opposing pairs. A muscle grows by being damaged slightly and repaired, which is why rest is half the training.

Definitions of muscle

1nounmuscleThe parts of your body that get stronger in the gym.B1
“The muscle was sore for two days after the first session.”

muscle is a body part.

Where it comes from

Latin mūsculus, a little mouse. Flex your arm and watch the shape move under the skin: the Romans thought it looked like a small animal running about in there.

Latin
mūsculus — a muscle
Middle French
muscle
Middle English
muscle
English, today
muscle

Built from

mūs · Latin — mouse

From Middle English muscle, muscule, muskylle, and in part from Middle French muscle, from Latin mūsculus (“a muscle”) literally “little mouse” because of the mouselike appearance of some muscles, from mūs (“mouse”). a doublet of mussel. More at mouse.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Body & Health, A Man Called Ove

First appears in chapter 5 of A Man Called Ove.

Practise this word

muscle in the wild

Paralysis (pl.: paralyses; also known as plegia) is a loss of motor function in one or more muscles.
Paralysis
Myalgia or muscle pain is a painful sensation evolving from muscle tissue.
Myalgia
By the early 1970s, muscle cars included special editions of mass-production cars designed for street and track drag racing.
Muscle car
Symptoms may include muscle pains, weakness, vomiting, and confusion.
Rhabdomyolysis
Within single-unit muscle, the whole bundle or sheet of smooth muscle cells contracts as a syncytium.
Smooth muscle

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Related words

the muscle family

muscle

muscle — used about once every 247 pages · #2,009 · point at the bar for the others

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muscle

UK/ˈmʌs.əl/US/ˈmʌs.əl/

nounB1Very common — you will meet it every day · #2,009 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: muscles

A muscle is one of the parts of your body that get stronger in the gym. Build muscle.

It only pulls and never pushes, which is why they come in opposing pairs. A muscle grows by being damaged slightly and repaired, which is why rest is half the training.

Definitions of muscle

1nounmuscleThe parts of your body that get stronger in the gym.B1
“The muscle was sore for two days after the first session.”

muscle is a body part.

Where it comes from

Latin mūsculus, a little mouse. Flex your arm and watch the shape move under the skin: the Romans thought it looked like a small animal running about in there.

Latin
mūsculus — a muscle
Middle French
muscle
Middle English
muscle
English, today
muscle

Built from

mūs · Latin — mouse

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Body & Health, A Man Called Ove

First appears in chapter 5 of A Man Called Ove.

Practise this word

muscle in the wild

Paralysis (pl.: paralyses; also known as plegia) is a loss of motor function in one or more muscles.
Paralysis
Myalgia or muscle pain is a painful sensation evolving from muscle tissue.
Myalgia
By the early 1970s, muscle cars included special editions of mass-production cars designed for street and track drag racing.
Muscle car
Symptoms may include muscle pains, weakness, vomiting, and confusion.
Rhabdomyolysis
Within single-unit muscle, the whole bundle or sheet of smooth muscle cells contracts as a syncytium.
Smooth muscle

1 / 3

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

the muscle family

muscle

muscle — used about once every 247 pages · #2,009 · point at the bar for the others